AZoOptics speaks to Nicole Meulendijks from TNO about the SPOTLIGHT consortium and its use of sunlight and photonics
In this project, we are developing technologies that attribute to the safeguarding of our future energy supply by the transfer from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources and the reduction of CO2 emissions in order to reach the objectives of the Paris climate agreement; limiting global warming to a maximum of 1.5 ° C in the 21st century and net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Based on the outcome of these studies, and taking into account a range of future scenarios for the cost price of CH4 and CO from fossil feedstocks, the cost price of H2 from electrolysis, the cost price of renewable electricity, and potential carbon taxes, we will estimate at which point in time the fuels produced in this way are cost-competitive with their fossil-based counterparts. Find out more about AZoOptics’ interview with Nicole Meulendijks – SPOTLIGHT project coordinator here.
